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[Der Gute Alchimyst wird nun den Barth Verbrennen, da er zum Schuld-Process die Feder Schneiden muss: Gold Macher!]
[by Valentin Daniel Priesler.]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Scarce mezzotint. Sheet 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image, losing title, creased.
The alchemist sits at a desk lit by a lamp, sharpening a quill.
[Ref: 66195] £260.00
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[Radcliffe Observatory] Astronomical Observatory.
F. Mackenzie del.t. J. Bluck sculp.t.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 1 1814, t 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Aquatint, proof on chine collé, unusual proof uncoloured impression. 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"), with very large margins. Foxing.
The interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, showing instruments including a reflecting telescope by William Herschel and a pair of refracting telescopes. Engraved by John Bluck after William Westall (1781-1850) for 'A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Hall, and Public Buildings', by William Combe.
[Ref: 66561] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Robert Stevenson. Born in the City of Glasgow. From a Bust by Joseph placed in the library of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Drawn by J. Syme. Engraved by S. Bellin.
London. John Weale. MDCCCXXXIX [1839].
Rare mezzotint on steel. Sheet 150 x 130mm (6 x 5"). Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
An illustration of Samuel Joseph's bust of civil engineeer Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), commissioned in 1824 by the Northern Lighthouse Board. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66390] £160.00
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